Timex Women’s Pink Ironman Sleek iControl Resin Strap Watch #T5K046

Are you looking for a gift for a sporty girl?  The Timex Ironman Watch is a great idea.  She can keep track of her laps and control her iPod with this unobtrusive watch.  It has a timer as well, so she can check her speed while running, and an alarm to tell her when she needs to get off the track and get ready for the meeting.  The all-around winning feature is the iPod controller, allowing her to shuffle songs or control the volume by pressing a button on the watch, which is bound to make the runners (or the walkers) happy.

ASUS Eee PC 900HA 8.9-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel ATOM N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 10 GB Eee Storage, XP Home) Black

Netbooks are becoming more and more popular, not only because they cost less than the average laptop but because they are easier to carry around and are almost fully loaded.  The ASUS Eee  900HA comes loaded with Windows XP and has a 160 GB hard drive.   It has a webcam, an SD slot and WiFi and weighs less than 3 lbs.  Students like them because they can carry them from the dorm to the library easily, parents like the smaller price.   Business users have also started grabbing up netbooks because they are portable and contain just about everything you need to get work done, or research online.  A pretty good value for the price, the netbook is a good starting laptop, especially for kids.

LeapFrog Text and Learn

If you’ve ever given your child your cell phone to keep him busy only to find that he’s accidentally dialed your doctor’s office, you’ll appreciate the Leapfrog Text & Learn.  All the buttons that he loves to push are right there, with a full QWERTY keyboard and “texting” abilities.  He can text messages to the friendly puppy Scout, and Scout replies.  There’s a calendar feature which helps kids learn days of the week, letter matching, shape identification and more all in a cool PDA-type device.  It’s a little bigger than a real Blackberry, but Moms say it actually keeps kids off of their phones!

Nintendo DSi Matte Black

The latest handheld gaming system from Nintendo combines familiar DS capabilities with fun new applications.  The Nintendo DSi is a sleeker, slimmer model than the previous DS system with 2 cameras, an SD card slot and microphone, allowing you more creativity while you play.  Use the microphone to record 10 second sound bytes, distort the voice to sound like a chipmunk or evil dark lord….Take pictures of yourself or friends and you can move their eyes around, color rainbows on top of their heads – whatever makes you smile.  Record your music on the SD card & you can use your DSi as an mp3 player as well.  The only thing that this new portable system can’t do is play your old Game Boy Advance games.  There is no Game Boy Advance slot, due to the new slimmer shape.  But most of  your old DS games will work, and you can download new games from the DSi shop using your WiFi connection.  A multi-functioning gaming system that has been at the top of the “most wanted” list since its debut in early April, the DSi is an investment that will keep your gamer happy.

I asked my friend once how he got so many good pictures of his kids (as mine are constantly bouncing) he said “well, i take about 100 pictures for every good one” and told me that it wasn’t really possible until he got this camera. It rates well on all the camera blogs, and goes for $849.